BioBase - Solutions - Aquatic Plants

Record sonar and GPS passively from Lowrance or Simrad sonar and upload to BioBase cloud servers. Detailed GIS maps of depth, aquatic vegetation abundance, and bottom hardness are created automatically.

Golf Course Pond Aerial 1 — Map any kind of waterbody from a coastal reef to a golf course pond (shown here).

Golf Course Pond Aerial 2 — Record sonar passively from your onboard Lowrance or Simrad device while traveling.

Golf Course Pond Aerial 3 — Upload your sonar to BioBase cloud servers to generate detailed bathymetry.

Golf Course Pond Aerial 4 — Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Cover and Biovolume.

Golf Course Pond Aerial 5 — And bottom hardness!

Semi-automated processing of high-resolution satellite images to map emergent floating and near-surface aquatic vegetation in wetlands and waterbodies greater than 25 kilometers squared.

Maps, Data, Reports, Organized in a Cloud Account

All interactive maps, processed data, and data reports are archived in an easy to browse dashboard.

Data reports are created automatically and available for sharing.

Before Vegetation Management — Invasive aquatic plants growing to the surface

After Vegetation Management — After a management intervention

By the end of this project we were collecting [EcoSound] data via navigation of the point-intercept grids that allowed rapid and relatively passive whole-bay mapping of SAV in each bay

There is significant promise for resource managers to incorporate this [EcoSound] technology to generate large-scale, low-cost maps of SAV distribution and abundance through time

Netherland and Jones 2015 - Lake and Reservoir Management

Assessment and Management Solutions

Timeline Monitoring — Monitor change in aquatic plant growth over time and the effects of invasive species.

View article published in the Journal of Aquatic Plant Management. View Article

Create polygons around an area of interest and generate local statistics like water volume or aquatic vegetation cover; Export Polygon Data and Outlines to a GPS file.

Automated Summary Reports of Bathymetric and Submerged Vegetation Attributes (EcoSound) and Total Classification Area (EcoSat)

Precisely target applications of aquatic herbicides and generate shareable prescription reports using the Herbicide Prescription tool

Get a full ecosystem picture of both submerged and emergent vegetation by combining EcoSound and EcoSat Outputs

Submerged and Emergent Vegetation via EcoSound and EcoSat

Verify Outputs with Trip Viewer

Your maps, sonar log (both broadband and structure channels), and data along your track are synced so you can verify and edit your outputs

Aquatic Plants

It's easier than ever to establish a lake "baseline" so you can monitor changes and respond with recommendations to improve water quality over time

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